STUDY CLIMATE CHANGE, ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABLE TRANSFORMATION OF EGYPT’S ENERGY SYSTEM Development of a Phase Model By applying a phase model for the renewables-based energy transition in the MENA countries to Egypt, the study provides a guiding vision to support the strategy development and steering of the energy transition process. Egypt has successfully taken first steps in the energy transi­tion, but significant efforts are still needed for the country to realise the full potential of­fered by renewable energy. Sibel Raquel Ersoy, Julia Terrapon-Pfaff May 2021 The development of renewa­ble energy offers long-term economic opportunities for Egypt, as the second largest industrialised country in Africa, especially in view of major trading partners around the world aiming for carbon neu­trality by 2050.